Tech Break (Audio)

Mike has been at Etsy for about 4 years working on various app features and infrastructure work. One of his favorite projects he's worked on at Etsy is the Apple Watch app! He started his career doing Android & iOS contract work for pharmaceutical companies but found a passion for consumer-facing software.

Kris has been at Etsy for nearly 3 years doing iOS engineering with occasional forays into server side API work. He started out his career working on the server-side in Perl with occasional SQL and JavaScript and learned iOS development after the iPhone SDK was released.

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Florence Ion, Ron Richards and Cody Toombs talk about the launch of Google Play Instant which allows you to try out an Android game or app before downloading and installing.

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Hosts: Florence Ion and Ron Richards

Guest: Cody Toombs

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This week we discuss the aftermath of CTS Labs' abrupt disclosure of flaws in AMD's outsourced chipsets.

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New MacBook Air Laptops? New iPads? New Pencils? Dare we hope for a new Mac Mini? What does Apple have in store for us at their March 27th event?

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Rene Ritchie, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone discuss the iPad game Getting Over it With Bennett Foddy, a game that lets you play a shirtless man in a cauldron with a pick ax trying to get somewhere in life, namely over mountains. This game for iOS will help you realize the joy in life, no matter how frustrating it might be.

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Cambridge Analytica harvests 50 million Facebook users' data for political targeting. Facebook shrugs, whistles innocently.

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Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Georgia Dow, Jason Hiner, and Greg Ferro

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Kevin from Malibu, CA wanted to know why he repeatedly had his files and folders disappear in Windows 10.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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On The New Screen Savers with Leo Laporte and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, learn how a company called Eko remade the classic #WarGames movie into an interactive series. Viewers shape the story by deciding which screens to pay attention to, from webcams, computer screens, smartphones, and drones. We talk to Alon Benari, their Chief Creative Officer, creating the series and how their interactive platform works.

For the full episode, go to https://twit.tv/nss/148

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guest: Alon Benari

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Fred wants to send encrypted files with personal information to a friend and wants to know the safest way to send them.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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Leo Laporte tests out the new ARM-based HP Envy X2.

Host: Leo Laporte

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